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This version of the "end of the power of the aircraft carrier" sounds like it will play out a lot like the end of the tank, the end of the helicopter, etc. Yeah
by andrewflnr 7mo ago
This version of the "end of the power of the aircraft carrier" sounds like it will play out a lot like the end of the tank, the end of the helicopter, etc. Yeah, it's not going to have the same untouchable power it used to. But it's not going to stop being useful or go away either.
- adrian_b 7mo agoAircraft carriers will always be needed. However, I doubt that the huge and vulnerable carriers of today have any future. Carriers designed not for manned aircraft, but only for drones, missiles and guns would allow the use of a much greater number of small carriers instead of a few huge and expensive carriers. Such carriers could be mostly automated and they would need much smaller crews, instead of being floating cities.